silicon carbide
noun
: a very hard dark crystalline compound SiC of silicon and carbon that is used as an abrasive and as a refractory and in electric resistors
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The money will support its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips.
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
One particular hurdle will be figuring out how to get mass quantities of silicon carbide, which is used for the displays in the Orion lenses.
—Salvador Rodriguez,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Its lenses aren’t made from traditional glass or plastic but rather a refractive material called silicon carbide.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
Moreover, other wide-bandgap semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are also competing in the high-power, high-frequency space.
—Matthew Putman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
One particular hurdle will be figuring out how to get mass quantities of silicon carbide, which is used for the displays in the Orion lenses.
—Salvador Rodriguez,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
Its lenses aren’t made from traditional glass or plastic but rather a refractive material called silicon carbide.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
Moreover, other wide-bandgap semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are also competing in the high-power, high-frequency space.
—Matthew Putman, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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